Authors Note: This wasn't as long as I'd hoped it to be, but hey what can I do? I still haven't decided wwhen I'm ending this... DUN DUN DUN!! But hey, you'll just have to keep reading. And check out that cool other story I'm writing. It's funny.

Disclaimer:(Does Not Own Kingdom Hearts)

"Basically, yeah." She smiled, then looked down at her thumbs as she twiddled them slightly.

"So I caused a reaction by... k-kissing you?" He stumbled on the word, but he looked at Kairi hopefully.

"Yes. It was a mistake. I mean, it ruined you and Selphie. Also me and Roxas... and I can't live without him Riku."

"I do love you Kairi, I want you to know that at least. I have loved you, basically as long as Sora has. I never wanted to tell you, because Sora had you, and I didn't want to ruin what you had. Just, please, be careful... I don't want to see you get your heart broken again. I care about you." He smiled and touched her hand lightly.

"I know, Riku." She patted his hand lightly and smiled. "Come on, we better go."

As they reached the shore of Destiny Islands, Riku watched as Kairi leapt into Roxas's arms, and he felt his heart drop in his chest. But something about the smile on their faces caused him to smile, because the smile on Roxas's face looked just like the one he'd grown up seeing when Sora was still around.

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'Can you take this lonely girl, pick her up from off the ground...'

Roxas seemed to be having de ja vu, because everything lately that he and Kairi did, seemed like they had already before. Being with Riku and Selphie especially... he didn't know why, but he had a bitter feeling towards Riku, and he hadn't done anything to Roxas.

"You okay there Rox?" Riku's voice startled him, he had forgotten he was sitting beside him in the ice cream parlor.

"Yeah. I just feel like all this stuff that's happened in these past few days already happened or something..."

"Kairi didn't tell you... did she?" Riku shoved a spoonful of mint mocha ice cream in his mouth.

"Tell me what?" Roxas was confused... Kairi usually told him everything, no matter what it dealt with.

"About how she and Naminé changed the past... you died Roxas, and were brought back as a Nobody again. Kairi got a second chance to make things right... and so far, she's doing pretty damn well if I say so myself."

"W-why didn't she tell me?"

Riku looked away from him and out at the sunny beach before them. "She didn't want to remind you of the pain you both endured. Only she wanted to bear it. She wanted what was best for you... I mean, Roxas, she really loves you."

"I don't want her to carry all of this pain with her... she doesn't deserve it..." Roxas slammed his fist on the table in anger. "All I do is cause her pain and problems... human or not, I still have the same purpose as a Nobody!"

"Roxas-" The voice of Kairi startled him, and he didn't realize he had yelled so loud... but now she was turning away from him, running out the door...

"Kairi wait-" He chased after her, eventually to where she was sitting on the shore of the beach, her head down, her hair covering her face. "Please listen to me,"

"You don't get it. This pain is nothing Roxas. Not compared to the pain of losing you. You are everything to me and I cannot lose you again. Things that happened before are done and over with... I've stopped dwelling in the past. I don't want you to start." Kairi lifted her head up and stared into his eyes. "I love you."

Roxas pulled her close to his chest and patted her head softly. "I love you too. And I'm not going anywhere ever again."

"Promise me you'll stay forever." Kairi whispered.

"I promise."

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"You know Roxas, after everything that went on here on this island... I never thought I'd want to come back to it." Kairi spoke softly, staring at the ocean waves before them as they sat on the beach of Destiny Islands once more.

"I know, but after the whole traumatic experience's here, we had some pretty good times too." Roxas smiled over at her.

"Oh yeah!" Kairi leapt up off of the sands, and towards the "secret place" remembering what she had drawn there before.

Roxas followed her into the cave, and saw Kairi kneeled beside the stone wall of the cave, drawing something with chalk she had found on the ground near her. As he watched her, he saw himself, with a skateboard below him, and then he watched her begin to draw herself and he stopped her. Grabbing the chalk he etched her face on the rock, and then when he finished, he drew a heart with a ring inside of it between them. Kairi wrote underneath their pictures in bold letters: R&K Forever. She looked over at Roxas and realized... the ring. He hadn't given it to her yet because that had happened after he almost died from the attack from the heartless.

She watched as Roxas bent down on one knee, a smile creeping across his lips. "Kairi Hisato, will you marry me? I mean, not until, of course, our eighteenth birthday's."

"Yes!" Kairi leapt into his arms and he hugged her tightly.

He pulled out her left hand and slipped the ring onto her finger lightly, then laid a kiss on the top of her hand.

"This is amazing. I'm actually going to marry you Kairi. We'll be together forever-" Kairi had stopped him from speaking by pressing her lips onto his.

When they parted, Kairi smiled largely. "You make me so happy to be alive. You've changed me so much Roxas, it amazes me. I felt like death on earth after Sora died but you coming here gave me hope, hope to love again and I really fell in love with you."

"You make me the happiest guy alive Kairi, I mean, being with you makes it seem like the rest of the world isn't even there. You are the sole most important person to me, and I cannot wait to call you my wife." Roxas kissed her cheek and she blushed.

"That's not for another two years. I'm only sixteen, and my birthday is in October-" She counted on her fingers for a moment. "That's in two months."

"I know, I know." Roxas fiddled with his thumbs for a moment, then stood up beside Kairi.

"What are you doing?" She asked, standing beside him.

"Don't we have to tell everyone? Riku, Selphie... and all of your other friends?" He muttered grabbing her hand.

"Oh of course." She smiled as they walked out of the cave, hand in hand. "Selphie is going to soil herself when I tell her she'll be the bridesmaid."

"Riku is going to be the best man. Is that alright with you?"

"I thought you didn't like him?" Kairi asked, cocking her head lightly to the side.

"Well, hey, he's the closest guy friend I have right now. Plus I feel a bond with him, probably because of me being part of Sora-" Kairi stopped and kissed him again, but this time she did it longer, and Roxas smiled when she let him go.

"You talk way too much." Kairi whispered and they walked down the beach towards the little row boat Roxas had rented, to head back to the island to tell everyone their news.

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"Married? You two are getting... married?" Riku stumbled over his words as he watched Selphie jump up and down in front of him.

"I think it's adorable! Oh my goodness Kairi, we have to get you a dress, shoes, your hair done, nails, make-up of course, flowers, decorations..." Selphie kept listing things as Roxas stepped towards Riku.

"Hey, Riku, I was wondering, would you mind being the best man? I know you aren't too fond of me right now, but it would mean a lot to me and Kairi both if you could make it..." Roxas stopped talking as he realized Riku had pulled him into a soft brotherly hug.

"Of course I will you idiot. But you do realize, you'll be spending a lot more time with me now, right?" Riku laughed and released Roxas from the hug.

"Hey, maybe we could end up as some really close friends."

"I have to introduce you to Tidus, Wakka, and the others. I mean Kairi will want to bring Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, Cid of course..." Riku continued to list names, but Kairi and Selphie interupted them.

"We're going to go home and celebrate," Selphie exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'll meet you in a bit Selph." Kairi mumbled, blushing slightly.

"I think that's my cue to leave," Riku slipped away from them and walked towards Selphie, then he wrapped his arm around her waist and they walked away.

"Roxas, what are we going to do now? I mean... we defeated that heartless, we're going to get married..." Kairi stared over at him sadly. "What if the heartless come back again? You'll have to be the new Keyblade master, and I can't deal with you leaving me-"

"Kairi, if the time comes when I am needed to save the worlds, just like Sora was, I'll take you with me, and we'll venture off together." He smiled over at her lightly. "I'm not leaving you behind. You're perfectly capable of fighting. But I promise you this, I'll always be there to protect you."

Kairi looked over at Roxas, and felt tears sting her eyes lightly. Truly, he was like Sora in so many ways... but he was so different in ways as well. The words he had just spoken made her choke up, and she knew exactly why... because right there at that moment, he sounded just like Sora had when he had said that to her. She looked down at the ground beneath her and sighed, then she looked at Roxas once more and gased. Sora's silhouette was visible before her, and he was smiling largely. He took Kairi's hand and placed it to his lips, and she felt icy cool where they had touched her. And then... he was gone, and Roxas was now smiling at her, his lips warming the spot Sora had kissed.

"He said his final good bye," Kairi whispered, staring up at the sunny sky before them.

"No Kairi, he was wishing you the best..." Roxas spoke beside her. "He wants you truly happy, and he knows that this is what you really want."

Kairi smiled over at him and clasped her hand around his wrist. "Well come on don't we have a party to go to?"

Roxas nodded and they ran from the shore towards Selphie's house, where from outside it, they could tell, this day was going to get a hell of a lot more interesting.

End Note: Cough. Chapter 16 is next. Psssh. Review with everyone's favorite purpley button, (or in some cases... white)